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Texas Art Teacher Certification Exam

Subjects : teaching, arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Pottery that has been fired but not yet glazed.






2. Paintings with the emphasis on inner emotions - sensations - or ideas rather than actual appearances






3. A coarse cotton fabric stiffened with glue - stiff-finished cotton or linen used for linings of garments






4. Term used to visualize a recreation of audio-video






5. Produces a red dye - the chemical name for rust






6. Made possible by the contrariety between grease and water - printing produced through the use of ink on a flat surface (e.g. - stone or metal - A print produced by a printing process in which a smooth surface is treated so that the ink will adhere on






7. Printing process in which the printing plate that has raised that is rolled with ink to print.






8. A loom with an attachment for forming openings for the passage of the shuttle between the warp threads - French inventor of the Jacquard loom that could automatically weave complicated patterns (1752-1834)






9. A plain woven lightweight - extremely sheer - airy - and soft silk fabric - containing highly twisted filament yarns. The fabric - used mainly in evening dresses and scarves - can also be made from rayon and other manufactured fibers






10. Process of smoothing metal surface witha flat or slightly round-faced hammer






11. In lithography - a waxy substance used to draw or paint images on a lithographic stone or plate






12. Term used to describe the many degrees of shading between black and white






13. A structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops






14. An enameling technique in which thin wire partitions-cloisons-are filled with enamel. It is an art form practiced in ancient Byzantium






15. Yarn arranged lengthways on a loom and crossed by the woof






16. A solid screen - covered with icons - at the front of the church - dividing the sanctuary from the body of the building.






17. Something that supports a sculpture






18. A philosophical doctrine and literary and dramatic movement that insists on the existence of individuals as basic and important. believes that the world is inhernetly meaningless and individuals must find meaning in their literal - concrete existence






19. Joining of two metals above 800F (most common) - the process of joining metal with a filler rod that melts at a temperature below the metal being joined - Uses a molten filler metal to crate joints. Capillary action is required to distribute the fill






20. Italian 'light-dark'. The gradation of light and dark values in two-dimensional imagery; especially the illusion of rounded - three-dimensional form created through gradations of light and shade rather than line.






21. Formed in relief by beating a metal plate from the back - leaving the impression on the face






22. Which emphasized the artist's free expression of emotion - flourished in Germany in the year immediately prior to the outbreak of World War I. Georges Rouault (1871-1958) - a French painter - is regarded as this type of painter. Portrayal of reality






23. Wrought iron - hammered copper - painted tin NOT pewter






24. A simple printmaking technique in which ink or paint is appleid to a metal or plastic plate - worked with various tools - and then printed onto paper using a press - roller - or other pressure.






25. A print made using a stencil process in which an image or design is superimposed on a very fine mesh screen and printing ink is squeegeed onto the printing surface through the area of the screen that is not covered by the stencil






26. This technique is so called because its finished prints often resemble watercolors or wash drawings. It is a favorite method of printmakers to achieve a wide range of tonal values. The technique consists of exposing the plate to acid through a layer






27. French Painter - who started his career as a caricaturist - then converted to landscape painting by his early mentor Boudin. From 1890 he concentrated on series of pictures in which he painted the same subject at different times of the day in differe






28. Creates blue dye






29. A porch or entrance to a building consisting of a covered and often columned area - Roman buildings followed this Greek architectural style






30. Application of potassium sulphide






31. A matted tangle of hair or fiber






32. Technique of ornamenting in which small grains of metal - usually gold - are soldered to a flat surface






33. Printmaking where the design is scratched into the steel plate with a hard - steel tool






34. An artistic movement that sought to capture a momentary feel - or impression - of the piece they were drawing - An artistic movement that sought to capture a momentary feel - or impression - of the piece they were drawing






35. Period in which stained glass windows were introduced for church decoration






36. To raise a relief design on the surface of paper through pressure-raised paper to form image - with or without ink printed






37. French painter who was an early cubist (1881-1955) - Influences include hard sharp precision of a machine age






38. Enameling technique - used more gold and less color than cloisonne. Starts with thick gold piece - cut tiny troughs wherever want color to be - gold is most prominent in end - rarely has patterns engraved.






39. A water-base paint made with casein (which is a protein precipitated from milk)






40. Incised engraving - the process of printing from engraved plates - a printing process that uses an etched or engraved plate - ex: the plate is smeared with ink and Then wiped clean. The ink left in the recesses is what makes the print.






41. Pale green






42. Network Interface Card; the device that enables a workstation to connect to the network and communicate with other computers.






43. The amount of light reflected by a hue






44. A plate makes an inked impression on a rubber-blanketed cylinder - which in turn transfers it to the paper






45. Where the revolving door was fully developed






46. Journalist who questioned the policies of the governor of New York in the 1700's. He was jailed; he sued - and this court case was the basis for our freedom of speech and press. He was found not guilty.






47. Known for his glass sculpture






48. Processes designed to produce tonal effects






49. Embroidery done in cross-stitch on fine single net






50. Method of painting in which the colors are mixed with egg yolk or other substances - instead of oil